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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RICKETTSIA

Named after Howard T. Ricketts (1871–1910), US pathologist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RICKETTSIA

rickettsia  [rɪˈkɛtsɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RICKETTSIA

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Rickettsia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RICKETTSIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rickettsia

Rickettsia is a genus of non-motile, Gram-negative, non-sporeforming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that can present as cocci, rods or thread-like. Being obligate intracellular parasites, the Rickettsia survival depends on entry, growth, and replication within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic host cells. Because of this, Rickettsia cannot live in artificial nutrient environments and is grown either in tissue or embryo cultures. In the past it was positioned somewhere between viruses and true bacteria. However unlike Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma, Rickettsial organisms possess true cell walls similar to other Gram-negative bacteria. The majority of Rickettsia bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics of the tetracycline group. Despite the similar name, Rickettsia bacteria do not cause rickets, which is a result of vitamin D deficiency. Rickettsia species are carried by many chiggers, ticks, fleas, and lice, and cause diseases in humans such as typhus, rickettsialpox, Boutonneuse fever, African tick bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever and Queensland tick typhus.

Definition of rickettsia in the English dictionary

The definition of rickettsia in the dictionary is any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in the tissues of ticks, mites, and other arthropods, and cause disease when transmitted to man and other animals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RICKETTSIA


artsier
ˈɑːtsɪə
bartsia
ˈbɑːtsɪə
bilharzia
bɪlˈhɑːtsɪə
deutzia
ˈdjuːtsɪə
eschscholtzia
ɛˈʃɒltsɪə
eschscholzia
ɛˈʃɒltsɪə
fatsia
ˈfætsɪə
Florentia
flɒˈrɛntsɪə
glitzier
ˈɡlɪtsɪə
intelligentsia
ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə
intelligentzia
ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə
strelitzia
strɛˈlɪtsɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RICKETTSIA

rick
rickburner
ricker
ricketily
ricketiness
rickets
rickettsiae
rickettsial
rickettsial disease
rickettsial infection
rickety
rickey
rickle
rickly
rickrack
Rickrolling
ricksha
rickshaw
rickstand
rickstick

WORDS THAT END LIKE RICKETTSIA

amnesia
Anastasia
anesthesia
Asia
Bahasa Indonesia
Central Asia
fantasia
French Polynesia
fuchsia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Micronesia
ossia
Persia
Polynesia
prosopagnosia
Russia
Southeast Asia
the intelligentsia
Tunisia

Synonyms and antonyms of rickettsia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rickettsia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RICKETTSIA

Find out the translation of rickettsia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rickettsia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rickettsia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

立克次氏体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rickettsia
570 millions of speakers

English

rickettsia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रिकेटसिआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كساح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

риккетсии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rickettsia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rickettsia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rickettsies
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Translator English - Malay

Rickettsia
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Translator English - German

Rickettsien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リケッチア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리케치아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rickettsia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rickettsia
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Translator English - Tamil

rickettsia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिक्टेटिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rickettsia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rickettsia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

riketsja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рикетсії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rickettsia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rickettsia
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

rickettsia
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

rickettsier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rickettsia
5 millions of speakers

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The term «rickettsia» is regularly used and occupies the 61.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RICKETTSIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rickettsia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RICKETTSIA»

Discover the use of rickettsia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rickettsia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Virus, mycoplasma, and rickettsia diseases of fruit trees
Fruit tree viruses, mycoplasma and rickettsia-like pathogen geral.
Mária V. Németh, 1986
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Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The ...
Rickettsia montanensis Rickettsia massiliae 61 Rickettsia he/vetica 61 61 Rickettsia akari E: Rickettsia australis 61 Rickettsia ballii Rickettsia canadensis lt- Rickettsia prowazekii Rickettsia typhi Orientia -----~ 5 changes tsutsugamushi values.
George Garrity, Don J. Brenner, James T. Staley, 2006
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Microbiology
I. OVERVIEW The group of organisms known as rickettsiae (family Rickettsiaceae ) consists of three genera: Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella (Figure 19.1), which have a number of features in common. For example: 1) They grow only inside ...
Richard A. Harvey (Ph.D.), Pamela C. Champe, Bruce D. Fisher (M.D.), 2007
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Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases
Ecology of Rickettsia in South America Marcelo B. Labruna Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of S ̃ao Paulo, S ̃ao Paulo, Brazil Until the year 2000, only three Rickettsia ...
Karim E. Hechemy, Philippe Brouqui, James E. Samuel, 2009
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Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians
In recent years, evidence continues to amass that underscores the significance and importance of rickettsia as pathogens (see Table 5-2). Species of rickettsia differ in the primary vector responsible for transmitting infection, the reservoir ...
Dwight D. Bowman, Jay R. Georgi, 2009
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Essentials of ...
Doxycycline and other tetracyclines are the drugs of choice to treat infections caused by Rickettsia spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi. Development of drug resistance in these Rickettsia rickettsii is the cause of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ...
Paul G. Engelkirk, Janet L. Duben-Engelkirk, 2008
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Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses of Rickettsia ...
Cellular immune responses of Rickettsia peacockii-infected Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor andersoni cell lines to Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete Abstract: The cellular immune responses of ticks to bacteria, important 76 ...
Joshua Todd Mattila, 2006
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Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine
The six SFG rickettsioses previously described are Rocky Moutain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii; Mediterranean spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia conorii; Siberian tick typhus, caused by Rickettsia sibirica israeli; spotted fever, ...
Victor Lorian, 2005
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Zoonoses and Communicable Diseases Common to Man and ...
CIE-10 A75.0 Tifus epidémico debido a Rickettsia prowazekii transmitido por piojos Hasta hace pocos años, se consideraba al tifus epidémico o clásico como una infección exclusivamente humana que se transmitía de hombre a hombre por ...
‎2001
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Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology
The order Rickettsiales includes the families Rickett- siaceae and Anaplasmataceae.135 The most numerous and important genus is Rickettsia. Rickettsia tsutsugamushi has been reclassified as Orientia tsutsugamushi. These organisms are ...
Elmer W. Koneman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RICKETTSIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rickettsia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Muere otra persona por Rickettsia en Mexicali
MEXICALI, Baja California(PH) Este pasado viernes, falleció un joven de 23 años de edad en el poblado Guadalupe Victoria, en el kilómetro 43 en la Clínica 30 ... «LaCronica.com, Jul 15»
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Isesalud descarta caso de rickettsia
TIJUANA, Baja California(PH) La Secretaría de Salud descartó uno de los dos nuevos casos sospechosos de rickettsia, detectados en los últimos días en la ... «Frontera.info, Jul 15»
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Incrementa a 17 muertes por rickettsia en Baja California
MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA (21/JUL/2015).- La Secretaría de Salud de Baja California informó que el número de decesos a causa de la rickettsia se ... «Informador.com.mx, Jul 15»
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Examinan 10 casos por posible contagio de rickettsia
Diez casos por posible contagio de rickettsia son examinados por personal de la Jurisdicción Sanitaria de Salud Número dos de Tijuana, uno de éstos ... «El Vigia.net, Jul 15»
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Detectan a menor con Rickettsia en Tijuana
El Hospital General de Tijuana, confirmó este día un caso de Rickettsia en la ciudad. Se trata de un menor de 6 años de edad que se reporta como grave pero ... «Zeta, Jul 15»
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Suman 14 muertes por rickettsia en Mexicali
Suman 14 muertes por rickettsia en Mexicali ... el fin de evitar afectaciones a su salud, luego de que suman 14 fallecimientos en 2015 a causa de la rickettsia. «Pulso de San Luis, Jun 15»
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Piden extremar precauciones ante Rickettsia
Si bien no se han registrado más casos de Rickettsia en Ensenada, ante la aparente calma las autoridades sanitarias pidieron “no bajar la guardia y tomar ... «Zeta, Jun 15»
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Mysterious new disease posing 'emergent global threat for humans …
This was particularly the case in malaria-endemic areas – and sure enough, a study in which mosquitoes were fed on Rickettsia felis-infected mice found that the ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Mosquitoes may also be a vector for Rickettsia felis
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Aix Marseille Université in France has found that mosquitoes might be not only carrying the bacteria Rickettsia felis, but ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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K-State scientists will breed ticks to slow the spread of diseases
He eventually moved to the U.S. and worked at the University of Florida from 1991 to 1994 on malaria and began his first research on Rickettsial diseases. «Kansas City Star, Jun 15»

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